A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Tokyo, Japan
Born:
September 5, 1957
Ataru Oikawa is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. While working as an editor at Magazine House, he wrote screenplays, and made his debut as a screenwriter with his original scenario DOOR. Later, he quit Magazine House and became a film director.
Director:
1990 Octopus Army I Want to Meet You in Shibuya
1995 The Boy Made in Japan
1998 Shibuya Night Wars
1998 Tomie
2001 Samurai Girl 21
2002 Tamagawa Girl War
2003 Cutie Girl
2003 Fight Girls
2003 Lovers' Kiss
2004 Neo Document Series ZONE
2004 The Groaning Drain
2004 Tokyo Psycho
2005 Menotto
2005 Tomie: Beginning
2005 Tomie: Revenge
2007 Apartment 1303
2007 Kissho Tennyo
2008 9 + 1
2008 Shrill Cries of Summer
2009 Shrill Cries: Reshuffle
2011 Shojyo Senso
Screenplay:
1989 Dangerous Stories
1990 Gappie, Wear a Tie this Summer
1990 Octopus Army I Want to Meet You in Shibuya
1995 The Boy Made in Japan
1997 Romantic Mania
1998 Shibuya Night Wars
1998 The New Metropolitan Police Branch 82
1998 Tomie
2001 Samurai Girl 21
2002 Tamagawa Girl War
2003 Cutie Girl
2003 Fight Girls
2003 Lovers' Kiss
2004 Neo Document Series ZONE
2004 The Groaning Drain
2004 Tokyo Psycho
2005 Menotto
2005 Tomie: Beginning
2005 Tomie: Revenge
2007 Apartment 1303
2007 Kissho Tennyo
2008 9 + 1
2008 Shrill Cries of Summer
2009 Shrill Cries: Reshuffle
2011 Shojyo Senso
Writer:
1988 Door
1989 Dangerous Stories
1990 Gappie, Wear a Tie this Summer
1990 Octopus Army I Want to Meet You in Shibuya
1995 The Boy Made in Japan
1997 Romantic Mania
1998 Shibuya Night Wars
1998 The New Metropolitan Police Branch 82
1998 Tomie
1999 Dead Beat
2001 Samurai Girl 21
2002 Tamagawa Girl War
2003 Cutie Girl
2003 Fight Girls
2003 Lovers' Kiss
2004 Neo Document Series ZONE
2004 The Groaning Drain
2004 Tokyo Psycho
2005 Menotto
2005 Tomie: Beginning
2005 Tomie: Revenge
2007 Apartment 1303
2007 Kissho Tennyo
2008 9 + 1
2008 Shrill Cries of Summer
2009 Shrill Cries: Reshuffle
2011 Shojyo Senso
Director:
2010 Monster Magnitude: 9
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